Actor - Mahira Khan

The Interview vor 8 Jahren

In culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?

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In culturally conservative, male dominated Pakistan, can an
actress be an agent of change? Stephen Sackur speaks to the
country's biggest female movie star Mahira Khan. Women in the
movie industry have taken the lead in a movement for equality,
respect and an end to abusive male behaviour. The mantra #MeToo
has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States but how far
can it reach?

(Photo: Pakistani actress Mahira Khan at the Beirut International
Awards Festivals (BIAF), 2017. Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty
Images)